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  1. Brian O'Nolan (Irish: Brian Ó Nualláin; 5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966), his pen name being Flann O'Brien, was an Irish civil service official, novelist, playwright and satirist, who is now considered a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature.

  2. Flann O’Brien (born Oct. 5, 1911, Strabane, County Tyrone, Ire.—died April 1, 1966, Dublin) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, and, as Myles na gCopaleen, a columnist for the Irish Times newspaper for 26 years.

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  3. Oct 1, 2011 · In a peculiar triumph for the puritanical literary censorship that deformed Irish culture during his lifetime, the bedroom in OBrien is the locus, not of sex, but of writing. Secret and ...

  4. Flann O'Brien novels have attracted a wide following for their bizarre humour and Modernist metafiction. The café and shop of Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich ( ), at the heart of the Belfast Gaeltacht Quarter, is named ("The Fourth Policeman"), as a play-on-words of the title of O'Brien's book . ...more.

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    • April 1, 1966
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  5. At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 novel by Irish writer Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It is widely considered to be O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction .

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    • 1939
  6. The Third Policeman is a novel by Irish writer Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It was written in 1939 and 1940, but after it initially failed to find a publisher, the author withdrew the manuscript from circulation and claimed he had lost it.

  7. A comprehensive biography of the novelist, dramatist and columnist, who wrote under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. Learn about his family background, education, literary career, and influences.

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